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The Conditions of the Vietnam War
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Advantages of Vietcong
• Lacked high-powered weaponry, so used hit-and-run and ambush tactics
• Used knowledge of terrain to their advantage
• Laced the terrain with various booby traps and land mines
• Use to the sweltering head, jungles, leeches
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Vietcong Advantages
• Vietcong moved secretly in and out of general population
• Very hard for US to discern friend from foe
• Vietcong created elaborate tunnels so they could launch surprise attacks and then disappear quickly
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US Strategies
• War of Attrition – introduced body count– felt as number of Vietcong deaths rose, enemy
surrender would be inevitable
• Battle for “HEARTS AND MIND”– Win the people of South Vietnam over so the
communist guerilla’s have no place to hide– Not Successful
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Napalm Attack
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US Strategies
• War of Attrition – introduced body count– felt as number of Vietcong deaths rose, enemy
surrender would be inevitable
• Battle for “HEARTS AND MIND”– Win the people of South Vietnam over so the
communist guerilla’s have no place to hide– Not Successful
• Napalm – gasoline based bomb that set fire to the jungle
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Agent Orange
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US Strategies
• War of Attrition – introduced body count– felt as number of Vietcong deaths rose, enemy
surrender would be inevitable
• Battle for “HEARTS AND MIND”– Win the people of South Vietnam over so the
communist guerilla’s have no place to hide– Not Successful
• Napalm – gasoline based bomb that set fire to the jungle• Agent Orange – leaf killing toxic chemical that devastated
the landscape• both left villages and surrounding area in ruins
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Sinking US Morale
• Frustrated by guerilla warfare
• Brutal jungle conditions
• Failure to make headway against enemy
• Many soldiers turned to alcohol/marijuana/drugs
• Morale worsened as they were fighting while government was negotiating for peace
• POWs experienced years of torture and confinement